#7 Children's Art

I couldn't have been more excited about this week's challenge. The second they said children's art I thought crayons. I love crayons. I love everything about crayons, the smell, the price, the textures, the softness.

When I was in college freshman drawing class, we had an assignment to work in crayons, and more people than not stuck to their

color pencils. But I thought my crayon drawing far surpassed my color pencil work. Part of it could be that crayons take away any intimidation. No one is afraid of a box of crayons.

A friend of mine told me she didn't like crayons as much as colored pencils because you lack the ability to do deatail work. Crayons force you to draw larger, they soften detail, and

they are shockingly effective in terms of fine art.

So what's the piece about? I guess it's about dreams, and schemes, and plans. It's about planning, t

he way you do as a kid, and about not letting the world, or reality or what should be get in your way.

Kate Shea

I was also very excited for this week's challenge despite the fact that I didn't actually manage to get it in on time. I remembered that when I was in elementary school my art teacher asked me to do paper mache at an art festival and I was supposed to make "a person in action". I made a skier... since skiing is such a big part of my life now I thought I would recreate that experience for myself. Skiing for me is like becoming a super hero, when I fail at everything in my normal life I can go on the slopes and fly! It's one of the few things I feel naturally comfortable with.

So, here's my skier, she's a flying rockstar! (And yeah, I do think the one I made in elementary school probably was better but... what can you do?)

-- Beth Marshea

(yep, just got the new license yesterday)